lunedì 19 agosto 2019

Vintage timepieces - Movado chronograph (1955)

ENGLISH(il testo italiano è in fondo alla pagina)Launched in 1938,
the first Movado two-button chronographs featured an in-house base movement and
a module developed by Frédéric Piguet. It was a repairer-friendly design, in
that the chronograph unit was only secured to the base movement by means of
three screws - those with blued heads visible in the picture. Caliber 90M was
soon joined by Caliber 95M, which featured an additional 12-hour counter.
Starting in the 1940s, both were frequently fitted in waterproof cases made by
the well known specialist François Borgel. The latter's hallmark - the initials
FB above a key - appears on the caseback interior of this timepiece along with
the Movado hand symbol. The inscription etched on the caseback suggests that
the watch was gifted by the Swedish naval engineers company.